TraVis is for your personal and non-commercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or dispose with or without remuneration of any information, software or other data obtained. If further use is intended please contact Brussels Airport Company in written form for permission.

In CURRENT mode, you can see flight and noise information from Brussels Airport with a time delay of 15 minutes. The TraVis application is automatically opened in CURRENT mode when launched.

ARCHIVE mode

In ARCHIVE mode, archived flight and radar information from Brussels Airport is displayed. You can access the ARCHIVE mode by clicking the calendar symbol, in the upper function panel. You can select any date and time within the last 3 months to view information you are interested in. The automatically displayed control box, at the top left of the frame, allows you to adapt the replay speed. You can move backwards and forwards in time using the buttons below this control box.

Switching between CURRENT und ARCHIVE mode

You can switch between the two display modes using the Calendar or Start button in the left part of the upper function panel. The ARCHIVE mode is started by choosing a start time and confirming it with the OK button in the calendar dialog. You can return to CURRENT mode by clicking on the Start button.

Aircraft Tracks

Landing and departing aircraft can be recognised by their colour and by their flight tracks in the system. The green coloured flight tracks indicate the paths of landing aircraft and the blue tracks those of departing aircraft. The length of the flight path shown, can be adjusted in the "View options" dialog.

Time

In the "CURRENT mode" in TraVis the traffic is displayed with a 15 minute time delay for technical reasons. The system time is local time (CET resp. CEST) at Brussels Airport.

Marked Object

Clicking on a particular aircraft will display any relevant detailed information. The appropriate information will be shown on the right side of the screen.

Mark your own position

You can mark your own position using the home symbol - just drag the little house icon with the mouse from the header area to the map and move it to your own position. You can subsequently open the distance graphics for selected flights in the data panel on the right side of your browser window. Additionally you can open a context menu by clicking the right mouse button above the home symbol - in this menu you can open a window with information about the marked position or remove the home marker.

View options

Under "View options" (open by clicking the gear-symbol in the header area) you can customise your view of aircraft movements and flight data. Information referring to every aircraft movement can be switched on and off by using the button "Show data flags for all flights". Detailed information can be displayed by using the button "Show big data flags".

Tips & Tricks

You can also use your keyboard to change the map view. After clicking on the map, you can zoom out with the ‘-‘ key and zoom into the map using the ‘+’ key. You can use the arrow keys and PageUp/PageDown keys to change the section of the map displayed.Almost all modern internet browsers include a full page mode, which shows the content of the browser window without the menu bar and other toolbars being maximised to full screen. Press the F11 key to start and end this mode or use the full screen button in the header area.You can measure distances on the map by right-clicking two (or more) positions on the map. The result of the measurement will be shown in a small information area in the bottom left corner of your browser window. Left-click on the map to stop the measurement.

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